Pneumatosis intestinalis surgical management and clinical outcome

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 160-165

  Knechtle, Stuart J ^a,b   Davidoff, Andrew M ^a   Rice, Reed P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0025340125     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199008000-00008     Document Type: Article

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